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Sputnik Starts Space Race (APOD Redux from 2000) 1 SorellaLaBefana Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 512
What if the Universe Remembers Everything? New Theory Rewrites the Rules of Physics 12 erronis Oct 2025 Oct 2025 27 1569
Another Comet, from another time (From the APOD files) 1 SorellaLaBefana Oct 2025 Oct 2025 3 666
Bizarre ankylosaur with spikes is unlike any known dinosaur (earthsky.org) 3 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 2333
'Wholesale destruction': Government shutdown or not, critical science programs are at risk 0 douglas9 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 2044
Paleontologists Discover Megaraptor Fossil With a Crocodilian's Leg Still in Its Mouth 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 2616
These Ancient Footprints Rewrite Human History 5 Ptah Sep 2025 Sep 2025 17 3105
Giant Stars With Black Holes Inside Them May Have Been Detected For The First Time 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 1878
"Brightest Object In Known Universe" Puffs Itself Up To Look 15 Times Its Actual Size 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 14 2804
The First Black Hole We Ever Saw Is Doing Something Never Seen Before 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 17 2236
Perplexing diamonds from South Africa mine contain 'almost impossible' chemistry 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 14 1583
Chimps regularly consume alcohol, study finds 0 milestogo Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 827
Physics-informed AI learns local rules behind flocking and collective motion behaviors 3 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 669
A picture of IBM's Quantum System 2 5 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1023
New Math Revives Geometry's Oldest Problems -- Quanta Magazine 0 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2509
Mount Sinai study supports evidence that prenatal acetaminophen use may be linked to increased risk of autism and ADHD 2 Wicked Blue Aug 2025 Sep 2025 8 1031
Did you know brown pelicans are protected by lots of miniature airbags in their skin, like BubbleWrap ? 4 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1889
Brian Cox explains why time travels in one direction - BBC (2 videos) 10 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 4249
Will glaciers ever come back after they've melted away? 5 MrWowWow Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 4166
Cold snap in Florida made Burmese python puke up a whole deer 1 Bayard Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2817
Offending the Analyst, the view "if you need to use statistics, then you have not designed your experiment very well". 7 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 2684
2025 Ig Physics Nobel Prize goes to perfect pasta sauce 5 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3090
Identifying Links between Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes through Proteomics 2 NNadir Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 961
People with conservative political leanings more likely to believe in health disinformation, study finds 6 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 1207
There are 32 different ways AI can go rogue, scientists say -- from hallucinating answers to a complete misalignment with 5 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Sep 2025 7 999
Are 'little red dots' seen by the James Webb Space Telescope actually elusive 'black hole stars'? 4 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 2510
'A genuine surprise': Near-Earth asteroid Ryugu once had 'flowing water' that transformed its insides 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 659
A 'crescent sunrise' solar eclipse is coming this weekend. Here's where to see it. 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 648
Skyscraper-size asteroid previously predicted to hit us in 60 years will zoom past Earth on Thursday (Sept. 18) -- and yo 2 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 911
'Totally unexpected': Stunning new imagery shows big changes in the 1st black hole ever captured by humanity (photo, vid 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 724

Science Continued...

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New 'quasi-moon' discovered in Earth orbit may have been hiding there for decades 0 mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2025 Sep 2025 16 839
Scientists Just Found a Way to Simulate the Universe on a Laptop 1 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 613
Engineers Create Mini Microscope for Real-Time Brain Imaging (UC Davis) 0 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 464
Carl Sagan was right--Brian Cox explains our first real steps into the cosmos 0 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1663
Family Fishing Trip Leads to "One-in-a-Million" Fossil Discovery (mcwane.org) 2 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 2107
Trump budget cuts threaten groundbreaking gravity wave research 2 DBoon Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3623
Physicist Brian Cox explains quantum physics in 22 minutes 2 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 738
Has NASA Found 3 Billion Year Old Dead Martians? Why A Green Crystal Could Be A Biosignature! Scott Manley 3 Ptah Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 829
A Single, 'Naked' Black Hole Rewrites the History of the Universe (Warning! Naked Black Holes in space) 0 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 11 744
For the First Time in 40 Years, Panama's Ocean Lifeline Has Vanished 2 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 17 872
New findings by NASA Mars rover provide strongest hints yet of potential signs of ancient life 1 Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 524
Happy 100th birthday, quantum mechanics! 6 usonian Aug 2025 Sep 2025 11 917
Magic mushrooms rewind aging in mice--could they do the same for humans? 4 DBoon Jul 2025 Sep 2025 12 1113
Beer drinkers are mosquito magnets, according to a festival study 3 DBoon Sep 2025 Sep 2025 14 3398
NASA's Perseverance Rover Captures Mars Vista As Clear As Day 3 turbinetree Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 834
Ibex defies gravity and climbs a dam Forces of Nature with Brian Cox - BBC 6 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 15 2213
How Much Can a Giant Waterlily Hold? See One Carry 183 Pounds Before Sinking, Winning a Social Media Contest 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Sep 2025 10 757
The Biological Rulebook Was Just Rewritten--by Ants 10 erronis Sep 2025 Sep 2025 45 3538
Chinese submersible explores previously unknown giant craters at the bottom of the Pacific -- and they're teeming with li 6 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 1809
Watch today's blood moon total lunar eclipse free online with these livestreams (video) 1 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 1608
Innovative Supramolecular Crystals Unlock High-Capacity Hydrogen Storage 1 Caribbeans Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 888
The universe's first magnetic fields were 'comparable' to the human brain -- and still linger within the 'cosmic web' 0 Judi Lynn Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1480
Rare Chi Cygnids {meteors} are active! Maybe. Observing info here (earthsky.org) 1 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 3 873
Nuclear power plants rely on other forms of energy, sometimes energy from high pollution sources to operate. 1 Eko Sep 2025 Sep 2025 0 1860
The Thought That Led to General Relativity 2 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 9 2775
Using only reported COVID-19 deaths, the same model yielded 14.4 million deaths averted by vaccines. 3 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 12 4210
Spiral Galaxy IC 342 located roughly 11 million light-years from Earth. 0 BootinUp Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 3775
How Sunflower Remove Radioactive Waste From Soil 1 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 996
Amazing Sunflower Facts To Brighten Your Day 2 YoshidaYui Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 2559
Helping Engineers Learn Mathematics Workbooks (HELM) Free college level workbooks. CC-Licensed. 1 usonian Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 761

Science Continued...

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'A paradigm change': black hole spotted that may have been created moments after big bang 2 muriel_volestrangler Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 773
UK, Japan, South Korea endure hottest summer on record 1 struggle4progress Sep 2025 Sep 2025 4 641
New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus Using NASA's Webb Telescope (NASA) 0 eppur_se_muova Sep 2025 Sep 2025 8 633
Scientists find evidence of parallel universes 14 Bayard Aug 2025 Sep 2025 23 1675
Scientists Discovered A New Mineral On Mars, Here's What That Means 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 20 857
Researchers Create Rechargeable, Glow-in-the-Dark Succulents 3 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 657
Exposing Fake Honey Using Carbon-13 1 struggle4progress Aug 2025 Aug 2025 15 865
Astronomers Spot a Rare Quadruple Star System in the Milky Way, Shedding Light on Mysterious Brown Dwarfs 1 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 563
Testosterone shifts political preferences in weakly affiliated Democratic men, study finds 8 Bayard Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 1170
I rather admire, on some level, this retraction. 1 NNadir Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 742
This AI model simulates 1,000 years of the current climate in just one day 2 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 2 1355
What the heck is a time crystal, and why are physicists obsessed with them? 1 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 Aug 2025 10 937
Braided magnetic flux ropes found at both human and light year scales 2 erronis Aug 2025 Aug 2025 4 1166
'Cosmic whisper' observed in the search for dark matter 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 1359
Plants steer the way rivers meander across the landscape 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 1128
Scientists Have Identified the Origin of an Extraordinarily Powerful Outer Space Radio Wave 8 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 28 1517
Black holes that transform matter into dark energy could solve 'cosmic hiccups' mystery 0 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 7 1074
Longest canyon in the solar system reveals new secrets -- Space photo of the week 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 9 1147
NASA prepares for its next year-long simulated Mars habitat mission 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 1 608
Pastel Pink Lobsters, Goofy-Looking Squid Among Deep-Sea Oddities Discovered in Ocean Abyss 2 Judi Lynn Aug 2025 Aug 2025 27 1173
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